poleguy looking for lost toolsDec 1

I want to try this copilot thing in vscode.
But not #vscode. I use #codium instead.

I had it installed, but never got it working and now I try again and it's all borked.

I don't much like the current #AI bubble, but I have to keep up with my industry, especially in my advanced age (48). #ageism
The managers will promote the young college grads will over any old fart who is still shoeing their horses themselves.

What does this error mean?

Anyone on #lazyweb #lazymastodon?

Show threadNicolas DelsauxDec 2
@poleguy The trouble with VSCodium is that it has to use another "extension registry" than VSCode for legal reason. So some plugins (typically the Microsoft ones which phone back to Redmond) are not available in VSCode (that's the case of GitHub Copilot). The good news is that there are open alternatives ! I personnally use https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Continue.continue, which does a good job (and can work with ollama running on my machine, which is a must have for me)
Continue - open-source AI code agent - Visual Studio Marketplace

Extension for Visual Studio Code - The leading open-source AI code agent

Show threadpoleguy looking for lost toolsDec 2

@Riduidel I'm well aware. This "trouble" is exactly why I use VSCodium instead of VSCode.

I want to learn to use github copilot from microsoft because a manager I work with is pushing it heavily, and my company is paying for it. I don't particularly want to use it or support it long term or for my own work, but if I don't learn it and use it I won't be able to understand it deeply.

Without understanding it, it is hard to discuss and debate its merits.

Continue looks interesting. Terrible name

Show threadNicolas DelsauxDec 2
@poleguy *Every* IA product has a terrible name, maybe because they ask their fucking IA tools to choose their own name, and no fucking IA tool is able to say "I am god, how will you venerate me?"
Show threadpoleguy looking for lost tools

@Riduidel I'm not sure if that's what's going on. It's hard for me to fathom these companies that can't realize that a tool name that can't be electronically searched for is not going to be great for discoverability.

The drug companies get it right. The drugs are named "white space" and "empty vessel" names.

Wegovy. Zepbound. Prozac. Cialis. Xeljanz. Benralizumab.

https://globalhealthnow.org/2024-07/why-do-prescription-drugs-have-such-crazy-names

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomenclature_of_monoclonal_antibodies

Why Do Prescription Drugs Have Such Crazy Names?

Rules, regulations, brand consultants, and AI all play a role in how drugs are named. 

Global Health NOW
Dec 2 at 5:46pmWeb
Show threadNicolas DelsauxDec 2
@poleguy Yeah I won't die on that hill, but I think naming software with common names is a pure unimaginative/ivory tower reflection. The most typical exhibit being the Chef ecosystem. I frankly even prefer stupid acronyms.